Gay Marriage Hits Colombia

A couple identified as Diego and Juan will become the first same-sex couple to marry in Colombia under a ruling handed down this week by Bogotá Judge Carmen Lucía Rodríguez Díaz. The judge decreed that the wedding will take place on July 24, according to a report from Caracol Radio.

Same-sex couples made a new push for marriage rights after June 20, 2013. That was the deadline set by a 2011 ruling from the Constitutional Court for the country’s congress to pass legislation granting same-sex couples equal rights…

The ruling by Judge Carmen Lucía Rodríguez Díaz is the first lower-court victory for same-sex couples seeking marriage equality.

This Is What A Post-DOMA America Looks Like

Following the Supreme Court’s decision on June 26 striking down the definition of marriage in the Defense of Marriage Act that excluded gay couples from federal recognition, Kane Thursday said, “I cannot ethically defend the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s version of DOMA. I believe it to be wholly unconstitutional.”

When a reporter asked whether the process of changing the ability of same-sex couples to marry was better handled through the legislature, Kane, a Democrat, said, “I believe that any method that breaks down discrimination and inequality is the method that we should all take, whether it’s … through the courts or the legislature.”

Next time my mother asks me when I’m going to make her a grandchild, I’m just gonna whip out a teacup pig to break the news that it ain’t happenin…. who could be mad that they get the cutest animal ever instead of a baby? (fingers crossed that it’s not my mom)

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